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    GASTRIC VEIN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    One of several veins draining the stomach wallsplay

    Synonyms:

    gastric vein; vena gastrica

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("gastric vein" is a kind of...):

    vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gastric vein"):

    left gastric vein; vena gastrica sinistra (arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein)

    pyloric vein; right gastric vein; vena gastrica-dextra (receives veins from the upper surfaces of the stomach and empties into the portal vein)

    Holonyms ("gastric vein" is a part of...):

    breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)

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